Hub view port color codes, Hub view port color codes -6 – Cabletron Systems SEHI-22/24 User Manual
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Using the SEHI Hub View
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Using the Hub View
Figure 2-4. Mousing Around a Ports Display
Hub View Port Color Codes
The Port Status boxes in the Hub View are color coded to indicate the port’s 
connection status. The colors are consistent for all Port Display Forms except 
Admin Status; the exceptions are noted below.
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Green
indicates that the port is active; that is, the port has been enabled by
management, has a valid Link signal (if applicable), and is able to 
communicate with the station at the other end of the port’s cable segment. 
Note that an AUI or transceiver port will display as active as long as it has been 
enabled by management, even if no cable is connected.
Module Type
Displays the type of 
module, or device, 
whose ports are 
currently being 
displayed in the 
Ports Display.
Port Display Form
Using the Module or Device menus, 
you can change the port display form 
shown in the Port Status boxes to 
any one of the following:
- Load (% of theoretical maximum)
- Traffic (Pkts/sec)
- Collisions (Colls/sec)
- Errors (Errors/sec, total or by type)
- Frame Sizes (% of total packets)
Module Index
Indicates the module’s position in 
the SEHI-managed stack; the SEHI 
itself is always #1. Click mouse 
button 1 to open the Module Status 
window; click mouse button 3 to 
display the Module menu.
Port Index
Click mouse button 1 to open 
the Port Status window; click 
mouse button 3 to display the 
Port menu.
Port Status
The Port Status display changes with 
the type of port display format 
selected. Statistical selections 
display values in a statistic/second 
format. Load displays traffic as a 
percentage of theoretical maximum 
capacity. Port Type displays port 
status (ON, OFF, NLK, etc.). Click 
mouse button 1 to toggle the port 
between enabled and disabled; click 
mouse button 3 to display the Port 
menu.
Scroll Bar
Use the scroll bar to 
rotate through the 
ports displays for each 
hub in the SEHI-
managed stack.